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[John Shulick]

Thank you god

John

Brad Haslett-2 wrote:
> 
> John,
> 
> "I'm not quite sure how to address you now that you have been elevated to
> the
> status of a living god. If you could please provide me with some
> particular
> title or honorific that you prefer I will use that in future posts."
> 
> Just plain "god" will be fine (lower case g please).  Or don't address
> me at all, that works too!
> 
> god (the pundit formerly known as Brad)
> 
> On Sun, Nov 9, 2008 at 9:22 PM, John Shulick <jsbudda at verizon.net> wrote:
>>
>> I'm not quite sure how to address you now that you have been elevated to
>> the
>> status of a living god. If you could please provide me with some
>> particular
>> title or honorific that you prefer I will use that in future posts.
>>
>>  Could you please tell me what programs you consider to fall under the
>> umbrella phrase "Great Society" I know of Medicaid and Medicare are there
>> any others?
>>
>> A large segment of the illegals you mention do not provide for their
>> families. The state provides for a  majority of these people in terms of
>> educating there children and drawing on services intended for real
>> americans. What the Employer gets is labor subsidized by my tax dollars
>> and
>> I get to compete for jobs with a peasant who's used to living in a dirt
>> floor hut. What language barrier? I'm halfway to speaking spanish simply
>> by
>> going to a lowes or a home depot. By the way, income is not a indicator
>> of
>> work ethic
>> you can work very hard do everything right and still fail utterly.
>>
>> We could also fund your new entitlement by stopping all subsidies going
>> to
>> maintain the FAA, air traffic control, all radar and nav installations,
>> launchings of GPS satellites  and all the airports across the USA.
>> I understand you don't believe in handouts so why doesn't your boss pick
>> up
>> his companies' tab and take his hand out of my pocket as well. Fedex may
>> pay
>> rent and fees but those don't come close to what it cost to initially
>> build
>> the places you work out of.
>>
>> John
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Brad Haslett-2 wrote:
>>>
>>> John,
>>>
>>> No problem, here's your "final solution".  It will take 40 years or
>>> more to reverse the damage done by many of the Great Society programs.
>>>  Patrick Moynihan warned about the unintended consequences of many of
>>> these programs as an adviser President Johnson.  There's a huge
>>> difference between providing a safety net and entrapment net.  Adding
>>> "victim" status to the mix makes it all the more permanent. Isn't it a
>>> bid odd that illegal immigrants can overcome the lack of familiarity
>>> with the language, minimal education, and almost zero entitlements,
>>> and yet are able to fend for themselves and their families?  The
>>> difference is simple, they have work ethic and family values.  We have
>>> systematically destroyed that in huge segments of our populace over
>>> several generations and it will take several more to reverse.  Adding
>>> money and longevity to failed programs is a wonderful way to attract
>>> votes, but does very little to offer long term solutions.
>>>
>>> The solution?  Announce a 2.5% cut in Great Society programs per year,
>>> every year, for 4 decades. Take that 2.5% each year and invest it in a
>>> new entitlement program.  Every child is guaranteed $20,000 (adjusted
>>> for inflation) at age 18 AND graduation from high school.  The 20
>>> grand can be used for college, trade school, to start a business or
>>> buy a house.  But once your entitlement is gone, you are on your own,
>>> no excuses.
>>>
>>> The path we're on now isn't working, has never worked, will never work.
>>>
>>> Brad
>>>
>>> On Sun, Nov 9, 2008 at 5:36 PM, John Shulick <jsbudda at verizon.net>
>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Do you think the founding fathers EVER envisioned the notion of taking
>>>> property from productive citizens in order to provide housing for
>>>> non-productive citizens when they limited the ability of the gubment to
>>>> take private property to being taken for "public use"?
>>>>
>>>> By private property do you mean the property stolen from the original
>>>> owners
>>>> namely the Indian tribes (Real Americans)
>>>>
>>>> Considering some of the founding fathers had no problems about putting
>>>> into
>>>> law words which justified one mans' right to enslave another I don't
>>>> see
>>>> your point. Obviously these people were trying to keep what they had
>>>> already
>>>> stolen through force of arms.
>>>>
>>>> Why don't you guys stop dancing around the issue and propose a "final
>>>> solution" to the problem of these non-productive people you detest so
>>>> much!!!
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